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PLATE XCVI,

FIG . I.

CHRYSOMELA POLYGON I,

COLEOPTERA .

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Antennae knotted, enlarging towards the ends. Corselet mar-

Lined.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER .

Head, Shells, and underside blue green. Thorax and Thighs°range colour. Globules of the Antennae of equal size.

C, Polygoni. Ouata caerulea, thorace femoribus anoque rufis.

Sysl. Ent. 100, 32.— Linn. Sy/i. Nat. 2. 589. 24.—Rn. Sv. 520.

Chryfemelezy Usc. Geoff. Inf. j. 283. 4.

Chrysomela> Use. Degeer. Ins. 5. 322.26.

Reaum. Ins. 3. Tab. in. Fig. 14. 15.

Scheeff. Icon. Tab. 51. pig. 5-Tab. 161. Fig. 4.

Tab. 173. Fig. 4.

This pretty, though common Insect , is generally found on thosePlants which grow on the banks of ditches in the months of May orJune,

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